49: Should Tommy Quit Comedy?

Aug 17, 2025

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TommyInnit and Jack Manifold are back. Newly caffeinated, chaotic, and somehow still allowed microphones, Tom and Jack chat about stand-up comedy failure, wild Netflix party stories, Pride parade madness, and how the UK Government wrecked Jack’s recent J Schlatt video.

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IN THIS EPISODE:

Tom is back on coffee and Jack has to deal with the overthinking
Jack’s YouTube age restriction disaster: J Schlatt collab tanked from 500K to 2K views overnight
Tom’s beyond brutal stand-up gig: is it time for him to quit comedy?
How bombing on stage made Tom more money than Jack on YouTube
Tom self-diagnoses ADHD after reading one book
Jack crashed the Wednesday Season 2 premiere and accidentally became Steve Buscemi’s plus one
Jack Manifold made friends with the zombie waiters at the Zombie-themed afterparty
Are Jack’s Meta Smart Glasses actually invasive?
Jack’s bird’s eye view of Brighton Pride: NHS floats, Tesco drag queens & Northern manners in the toilets
How Married at First Sight’s Paul Brunson got Tom to tell all on the We Need to Talk podcast
Jack’s review of the Oasis reunion tour and why Liam Gallagher’s tambourine featured so heavily
Brotherly violence and why Tom Simons hates lad behaviour
New TommyInnit ‘Not Doing Well’ merch flex
Medicinal wanking for dopamine (Jack’s theory, not professional medical advice)
Why Tom will never aim for the sink

Written & presented by: Tom Simons & Jack Manifold
Executive producer: Mirren Mace
Directed by: Mirren Mace
Producer: Russell Noon
Production coordinator: Tori Sheard
Social media: Tori Sheard
Camera, sound & lighting: Owen Rogers & Hazar Ayyildiz
Editor: Owen Rogers
Shorts editor & Thumbnail: Snikrep
Set design: Mirren Mace

This podcast episode was recorded on 05/08/25

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